All else equal, do you think a rationalist mathematician will become more successful in their field than a non-rationalist mathematician?
This post by Jacob Steinhardt seems relevant: it’s a sequence of models of research, and describes what good research strategies look like in them. He says, of the final model:
Before implementing this approach, I made little research progress for over a year; afterwards, I completed one project every four months on average. Other changes also contributed, but I expect the ideas here to at least double your productivity if you aren’t already employing a similar process.
This post by Jacob Steinhardt seems relevant: it’s a sequence of models of research, and describes what good research strategies look like in them. He says, of the final model: